Mirror Lake Falls (Yosemite National Park, California, USA)

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"Mirror Lake Falls"

"Mirror Lake Falls" tumbles from the Basket Dome vicinity to the base of Tenaya Canyon near Mirror Lake.

Although it has a very short season, it surprised me how big it was. I made up this name for the falls because you can see it just beyond the popular Mirror Lake (which isn't really a lake by the way as it annually dries up come summer). Out here, the crowd is left behind and you hear nothing but silence broken by this waterfall and the flowing Tenaya Creek.

You can find this waterfall probably in about 1/4- to 1/2-mile beyond Mirror Lake. The first time I visited this waterfall, I saw it from the north side of Mirror Lake. The second time, I saw it from the other side of Mirror Lake, and that's what's pictured above.

Directions: This waterfall shares the same trailhead as that of Mirror Lake. Take the shuttle (Curry Village at signpost V22 is the nearest car park) to signpost V26.

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Unnamed ephemeral waterfall seen from the north side of the Mirror Lake Primitive Loop

Unnamed ephemeral waterfall seen from the north side of the Mirror Lake Primitive Loop

Unnamed ephemeral waterfall ("Mirror Lake Falls") seen from the north side of the Mirror Lake Primitive Loop

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